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Stockton, Robert Field. American naval officer, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican–American War. Later served as a U.S. Senator. United States: Yes 1795 1866 Surcouf, Robert. Captain and ship owner from St. Malo. Notable as French corsair during the Napoleonic Wars. France: Yes Yes 1773 1823 von Tegetthoff, Wilhelm
Jenny Body, aerospace engineer and former president of the Royal Aeronautical Society [9] Matthew Boulton (1728–1809), partner in the steam engineering manufacturing firm Boulton and Watt, and inventor of a steam-driven coin press [10] James Brindley (1716–1772), pioneering engineer of canals and aqueducts [11]
Director of the Engineering Research Institute at the University of Michigan: Richard J. Grosh (1971–1976) Dean of the School of Engineering at Purdue University: George M. Low, 1948 (1976–1984) Deputy administrator of NASA: Daniel Berg (1984–1985) (acting) (1985–1987) Vice-President and Provost of RPI Stanley I. Landgraf, 1946 (1988 ...
Fred Wallace Haise Jr. (/ h eɪ z / HAYZ; [1] born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and a test pilot. He is one of 24 people known to have flown to the Moon, having flown as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 13. He was slated to become the 6th person to ...
There are several educational paths to becoming a marine engineer, all of which includes earning a university or college degree, such as a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng. or B.E.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. or B.S.), Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Bachelor of Technology Management and Marine Engineering (B.TecMan & MarEng), or a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Marine Engineering.
Carl Georg Barth – Norwegian-American mathematician and mechanical engineer who improved and popularized the industrial use of compound slide rules; Leslie Benmark – known for work in engineering education, specifically accreditation; Karen Bursic – American professor and undergraduate program director at University of Pittsburgh
Andrew P. Sage (1933–2014), School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University; recipient of the 2000 Simon Ramo Medal for outstanding contributions to the field of systems engineering; [1] series editor of a textbook series on systems engineering and management for John Wiley & Son [2]
William W. Moore, BS, MS, 1934; distinguished civil and geotechnical engineer who co-founded prominent consulting engineering firm Dames & Moore; elected member of National Academy of Engineering; known for pioneering contributions in the field of geotechnical engineering and to knowledge of earth sciences and soil engineering [93]